2015 Year-End Billboard Country Charts

[onebuffalo]

www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/top-country-artists

www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/hot-country-songs

www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/hot-country-songs-artists

www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/country-airplay-songs

www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/country-airplay-artists

www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/country-digital-songs

www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/country-digital-songs-artists

www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/country-streaming-songs

www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/country-streaming-songs-artists

www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/top-country-albums

www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/top-country-albums-artists

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6792636/the-year-in-country-2015-luke-bryan-carrie-underwood

[bigfan101]

So sad....on the airplay top 100 for the year, the highest solo female is at no. 36 (LMLYMI by Kelsea Ballerina) for the year. Simply embarrassing.

[onebuffalo]

Dec 9, 2015 11:42:12 GMT -5 bigfan101 said:

So sad....on the airplay top 100 for the year, the highest solo female is at no. 36 (LMLYMI by Kelsea Ballerina) for the year. Simply embarrassing.

The ONLY #1 by a female artist this year, too. Simply embarrassing.

[sabre14]

Dec 9, 2015 9:32:48 GMT -5 onebuffalo said:

www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/country-airplay-songs

Good grief, that top 5 is 

Almost the entire top 10 is station changing.

[trebor]

It's alienating... even for my rockier taste! 
It was pretty set that Lee Brice would end up at #1 and that all superstar releases would bomb due to their short(er) chart runs.
The tragedy and irony behind the Billboard year end lists, s more that the casual chart watcher and in Country interested reader will take the ranking as a given and true reflection of the genre and don't challenge the result. And that was me not so long ago... 

[onebuffalo]

Most Year-End Top Songs In The BDS Era:

1. Tim McGraw-It's Your Love-with Faith Hill-1997
Just To See You Smile-1998
Live Like You Were Dying-2004
2. Clint Black-A Better Man-1989*
Nobody's Home-1990
3. Alan Jackson-Don't Rock The Jukebox-1991
Chattahoochee-1993
4. John Michael Montgomery-I Swear-1994
Sold The Grundy County Auction Incident-1995
5. Brooks & Dunn-My Maria-1996
Ain't Nothing 'Bout You-2001
6. Lonestar-Amazed-1999
My Front Porch Looking In-2003
7. Rodney Atkins-If You're Going Through Hell Before The Devil Even Knows-2006
Watching You-2007
8. Lee Brice-Love Like Crazy-2010
Drinking Class-2015

*The year before the BDS Era started.

[someguy]

Their tabulation method needs some adjustment, I think. In what universe was "Run Away With You" a bigger hit than "Kick The Dust Up".

[sabre14]

Dec 12, 2015 14:08:30 GMT -5 someguy said:

 In what universe was "Run Away With You" a bigger hit than "Kick The Dust Up".

Ideally, mine.

[Deleted]

Dec 12, 2015 14:08:30 GMT -5 someguy said:

Their tabulation method needs some adjustment, I think. In what universe was "Run Away With You" a bigger hit than "Kick The Dust Up".

Keep in Mind, Run Away With You spent the entire year so it probably built up a lot more audience than Kick The Dust Up did which only spent what 14 weeks on the charts. The longer charting songs usually are the ones that do better. 

[someguy]

Dec 12, 2015 14:13:23 GMT -5 raylatch98 said:

Dec 12, 2015 14:08:30 GMT -5 someguy said:

Their tabulation method needs some adjustment, I think. In what universe was "Run Away With You" a bigger hit than "Kick The Dust Up".

Keep in Mind, Run Away With You spent the entire year so it probably built up a lot more audience than Kick The Dust Up did which only spent what 14 weeks on the charts. The longer charting songs usually are the ones that do better. 

Oh yeah, I completely understand that. But to me, that doesn't make it a bigger hit. I think they need to do something to their formula that assigns a higher value to peak positions, or count recurrent spins. That would give a more accurate reflection of the year's biggest hits, imo.

[Deleted]

Dec 12, 2015 14:14:43 GMT -5 someguy said:

Dec 12, 2015 14:13:23 GMT -5 raylatch98 said:

Keep in Mind, Run Away With You spent the entire year so it probably built up a lot more audience than Kick The Dust Up did which only spent what 14 weeks on the charts. The longer charting songs usually are the ones that do better. 

Oh yeah, I completely understand that. But to me, that doesn't make it a bigger hit. I think they need to do something to their formula that assigns a higher value to peak positions, or count recurrent spins. That would give a more accurate reflection of the year's biggest hits, imo.

But if you want an overall popularity contest that's what the Hot Country Songs is for. I think that it reflected what was most popular at radio,

[sabre14]

I usually do my own year end list (except for the past two years) and I do my own personal assessment on the singles of the year. It was great fun when I was a kid but haven't really got around to doing them the past two years. I would never put a song that peaked at #10 above a song that peaked at #1 though. If a song peaked at #10 but spent 46 weeks on the chart, I would naturally place it higher than let's say a song that peaked at #8 but only spent 26 weeks on the chart -- that seems fair since spending 46 weeks on the chart should garner some merit. Billboard and MB does theirs by shear numbers and tabulations though, so this causes some weird placings like "Kick The Dust Up" being outdone by "Run Away With You."

[someguy]

Dec 12, 2015 14:24:00 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

I usually do my own year end list (except for the past two years) and I do my own personal assessment on the singles of the year. It was great fun when I was a kid but haven't really got around to doing them the past two years. I would never put a song that peaked at #10 above a song that peaked at #1 though. If a song peaked at #10 but spent 46 weeks on the chart, I would naturally place it higher than let's say a song that peaked at #8 but only spent 26 weeks on the chart -- that seems fair since spending 46 weeks on the chart should garner some merit. Billboard and MB does theirs by shear numbers and tabulations though, so this causes some weird placings like "Kick The Dust Up" being outdone by "Run Away With You."

Yeah, I totally agree with this. The way that they tabulate their year end chart doesn't really give an accurate reflection on the year's hits, imo.

[Deleted]

Dec 12, 2015 14:21:49 GMT -5 raylatch98 said:

But if you want an overall popularity contest that's what the Hot Country Songs is for. I think that it reflected what was most popular at radio,

I disagree with this. Billboard's year-end charts are heavily skewed in favor of songs that spent forever on the chart, and in my opinion, the songs that rise quickly and spend 2-3 weeks at #1 are bigger hits. Mediabase's year-end chart is heavily skewed in favor of songs that were released early in the chart year (because MB counts recurrent spins) which is a pretty big flaw as well.

I suppose you can make the argument that Billboard's year-end airplay chart reflects what radio played the most (aka, what was most popular with radio), but it certainly doesn't reflect what the biggest hits were. Those were easily songs like ZBB's "Homegrown", Blake's "Sangria", LBT's "Girl Crush", Sam's "Take Your Time", etc.

Anyway, I don't take either trade's year-end charts seriously. I used to compile my own points-based chart (based on peak positions, as someguy suggested Billboard should do) but I no longer have the time to do so.

[trebor]

Will post this here although it's available in the Country Weekly Update

Billboard 2015 Year-End Country Airplay Songs
[Cut-off date November 28, 2015]

01 - Drinking Class - Lee Brice - Curb - # 02 - Weeks 36 (including 2014)
02 - Young & Crazy - Frankie Ballard - Warner Bros. | WAR - # 01 - Weeks 34
03 - Lose My Mind - Brett Eldredge - Atlantic | WMN - # 01 - Weeks 26
04 - Hell Of A Night - Dustin Lynch - Broken Bow - # 01 - Weeks 45 (including 2014)
05 - Let Me See Ya Girl - Cole Swindell - Warner Bros. | WMN - # 02 - Weeks 33
06 - Baby Be My Love Song - Easton Corbin - Mercury - # 03 - Weeks 44 (including 2014)
07 - Break Up With Him - Old Dominion - RCA Nashville - # 01 - Weeks 42
08 - Kiss You In The Morning - Michael Ray - Atlantic | WEA - # 01 - Weeks 28
09 - Nothin' Like You - Dan + Shay - Warner Bros. | WAR - # 04* - Weeks 39* (Still Charting)
10 - Gonna Wanna Tonight - Chase Rice - Dack Janiels | Columbia Nashville - # 02 - Weeks 51 (including 2014)
11 - Lonely Eyes - Chris Young - RCA Nashville - # 02 - Weeks 35 (including 2014)
12 - Save It For A Rainy Day - Kenny Chesney - Blue Chair | Columbia Nashville - # 01 - Weeks 20
13 - Love You Like That - Canaan Smith - Mercury - # 01 - Weeks 51 (including 2014)
14 - Say You Do - Dierks Bentley - Capitol Nashville - # 01 - Weeks 18
15 - Homegrown Honey - Darius Rucker - Capitol Nashville - # 02 - Weeks 34 (including 2014)
16 - One Hell Of An Amen - Brantley Gilbert - Valory - # 01 - Weeks 39 (including 2014)
17 - Tonight Looks Good On You - Jason Aldean - Broken Bow - # 01 - Weeks 21
18 - A Guy Walks Into A Bar - Tyler Farr - Columbia Nashville - # 01 - Weeks 43 (including 2014)
19 - Mean To Me - Brett Eldredge - Atlantic | WMN - # 01 - Weeks 37 (including 2014)
20 - Don't It - Billy Currington - Mercury - # 01 - Weeks 33 (including 2014)
21 - Crash And Burn - Thomas Rhett - Valory - # 01 - Weeks 24
22 - Just Gettin' Started - Jason Aldean - Broken Bow - # 01 - Weeks 22 (including 2014)
23 - Smoke - A Thousand Horses - Republic Nashville - # 01 - Weeks 22
24 - Anything Goes - Florida Georgia Line - Republic Nashville - # 03 - Weeks 22
25 - John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16 - Keith Urban - Hit Red | Capitol Nashville - # 02 - Weeks 18
26 - Buy Me A Boat - Chris Janson - Chris Janson // Warner Bros. | WAR - # 03 - Weeks 22
27 - Fly - Maddie & Tae - Dot - # 09 - Weeks 38
28 - Homegrown - Zac Brown Band - Varvatos/Republic | Southern Ground - # 01 - Weeks 17
29 - Take Your Time - Sam Hunt - MCA Nashville - # 01 - Weeks 25 (including 2014)
30 - Diamond Rings And Old Bartstools - Tim McGraw With Catherine Dunn - McGraw | Big Machine - # 03 - Weeks 24
31 - Lonely Tonight - Blake Shelton Featuring Ashley Monroe - Warner Bros. | WMN - # 01 - Weeks 18 (including 2014)
32 - House Party - Sam Hunt - MCA Nashville - # 01 - Weeks 32
33 - Make Me Wanna - Thomas Rhett - Valory - # 01 - Weeks 32 (including 2014)
34 - I See You - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville - # 01 - Weeks 16 (including 2014)
35 - Sun Daze - Florida Georgia Line - Republic Nashville - # 01 - Weeks 20 (including 2014)
36 - Love Me Like You Mean It - Kelsea Ballerini - Black River - # 01 - Weeks 39 (including 2014)
37 - Wild Child - Kenny Chesney With Grace Potter - Blue Chair | Columbia Nashville - # 01 - Weeks 22
38 - Girl Crush - Little Big Town - Capitol Nashville - # 03 - Weeks 32
39 - Crushin' It - Brad Paisley - Arista Nashville - # 09 - Weeks 27
40 - Sangria - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. | WMN - # 01 - Weeks 18
41 - Ain't Worth The Whiskey - Cole Swindell - Warner Bros. | WMN - # 01 - Weeks 27 (including 2014)
42 - Like A Cowboy - Randy Houser - Stoney Creek - # 03 - Weeks 41 (including 2014)
43 - Loving You Easy - Zac Brown Band - Varvatos/Republic | Southern Ground - # 01 - Weeks 19
44 - Raise 'Em Up - Keith Urban Featuring Eric Church - Hit Red | Capitol Nashville - # 01 - Weeks 19
45 - Talladega - Eric Church - EMI Nashville - # 01 - Weeks 21 (including 2014)
46 - I'm Comin' Over - Chris Young - RCA Nashville - # 01 - Weeks 25* (Still Charting)
47 - Little Toy Guns - Carrie Underwood - 19 | Arista Nashville - # 02 - Weeks 21
48 - Sippin' On Fire - Florida Georgia Line - Republic Nashville - # 01 - Weeks 20
49 - Something In The Water - Carrie Underwood - 19 | Arista Nashville - # 03 - Weeks 19 (including 2014)
50 - Til It's Gone - Kenny Chesney - Blue Chair | Columbia Nashville - # 01 - Weeks 19 (including 2014)
51 - Strip It Down - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville - # 01 - Weeks 13
52 - Smoke Break - Carrie Underwood - 19 | Arista Nashville - # 03* - Weeks 13* (Still Charting)
53 - Like A Wrecking Ball - Eric Church - EMI Nashville - # 11 - Weeks 29
54 - Gonna - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros. | WMN - # 05* - Weeks 17* (Still Charting)
55 - Run Away With You - Big & Rich - B$R | New Revolution - # 11 - Weeks 46
56 - Already Callin' You Mine - Parmalee - Stoney Creek - # 10* - Weeks 41* (Still Charting)
57 - Kick The Dust Up - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville - # 01 - Weeks 13
58 - Burning House - Cam - Arista Nashville - # 09* - Weeks 21* (Still Charting)
59 - Stay A Little Longer - Brothers Osborne - EMI Nashville - # 10* - Weeks 33* (Still Charting)
60 - Shotgun Rider (2014) - Tim McGraw - McGraw | Big Machine - # 01 - Weeks 20 (including 2014)
61 - Perfect Storm - Brad Paisley - Arista Nashville - # 01 - Weeks 21 (including 2014)
62 - Take It On Back - Chase Bryant - Red Bow - # '09 - Weeks 32 (including 2014)
63 - Honey, I'm Good. - Andy Grammer Duet With Eli Young Band - S-Curve | Valory - # 41 - Weeks 10 [Error!/Inconsistent!]
64 - Gonna Know We Were Here - Jason Aldean - Broken Bow - # 07* - Weeks 16* (Still Charting)
65 - I'm To Blame - Kip Moore - MCA Nashville - # 20 - Weeks 33
68 - She Don't Love You - Eric Paslay - EMI Nashville - # 14 - Weeks 31 (including 2014)
68 - What We Ain't Got - Jake Owen - RCA Nashville - # 14 - Weeks 35 (including 2014)
69 - Top Of The World - Tim McGraw - McGraw | Big Machine - # 08* - Weeks 15* (Still Charting)
69 - I Got The Boy - Jana Kramer - Elektra Nashville | WAR - # 14* - Weeks 38* (Still Charting)
70 - Close Your Eyes - Parmalee - Stoney Creek - # 04 - Weeks 49 (including 2014)
71 - Real Life - Jake Owen - RCA Nashville - # 17 - Weeks 19
72 - Long Stretch Of Love - Lady Antebellum - Capitol Nashville - # 16 - Weeks 27
73 - I Love This Life - LoCash - Reviver - # 12* - Weeks 38* (Still Charting)
74 - Dibs - Kelsea Ballerini - Black River - # 15* - Weeks 20* (Still Charting)
75 - Freestyle - Lady Antebellum - Capitol Nashville - # 16 - Weeks 19 (including 2014)
76 - 21 - Hunter Hayes - Atlantic | WMN - # 21 - Weeks 26
77 - Little Red Wagon - Miranda Lambert - RCA Nashville - # 16 - Weeks 18
78 - Riot - Rascal Flatts - Big Machine - # 20 - Weeks 29
79 - Trouble - Gloriana - Emblem/Warner Bros. | WAR - # 24 - Weeks 31 (including 2014)
80 - Girl In A Country Song - Maddie & Tae - Dot - # 01 - Weeks 24 (including 2014)
81 - Somewhere In My Car - Keith Urban - Hit Red | Capitol Nashville - # 01 - Weeks 27 (including 2014)
82 - Going Out Like That - Reba McEntire - Nash Icon | Valory - # 28 - Weeks 27
83 - Kiss You Tonight - David Nail - MCA Nashville - # 17 - Weeks 45 (including 2014)
84 - God Made Girls - RaeLynn - Valory - # 18 - Weeks 28 (including 2014)
85 - We Went - Randy Houser - Stoney Creek - # 18* - Weeks 24* (Still Charting)
86 - Little Bit Of You - Chase Bryant - Red Bow - # 23* - Weeks 31* (Still Charting)
87 - Hard To Be Cool - Joe Nichols - Red Bow - # 22 - Weeks 33 (including 2014)
88 - Lay Low - Josh Turner - MCA Nashville - # 25 - Weeks 31 (including 2014)
89 - Die A Happy Man - Thomas Rhett - Valory - # 11* - Weeks 08* (Still Charting)
90 - Trailer Hitch - Kristian Bush - Streamsound - # 21 - Weeks 34 (including 2014)
91 - Better Than You Left Me - Mickey Guyton - Capitol Nashville - # 34 - Weeks 28
92 - Country Nation - Brad Paisley - Arista Nashville - # 20* - Weeks 11* (Still Charting)
93 - (This Ain't No) Drunk Dial - A Thousand Horses - Big Machine - # 23* - Weeks 20* (Still Charting)
94 - Break Up In A Small Town - Sam Hunt - MCA Nashville - # 17* - Weeks 11* (Still Charting)
95 - Games - Luke Bryan - Capitol Nashville - # 20 - Weeks 13
96 - Riser - Dierks Bentley - Capitol Nashville - # 26* - Weeks 22* (Still Charting)
97 - Backroad Song - Granger Smith - Pioneer - # 18* - Weeks 19* (Still Charting)
98 - Look At You - Big & Rich - B$R | New Revolution - # 8 - Weeks 41 (including 2014)
99 - Drunk Americans - Toby Keith - Show Dog Nashville - # 27 - Weeks 20 (including 2014)
100 - Show You Off - Dan + Shay - Warner Bros. | WAR - # 21 - Weeks 35 (including 2014)

[trebor]

Billboard Country National Airplay - 100 biggest frames by Audience Impressions
January 3, 2015 - December 26, 2015

Rank - Audience Impressions (in '000) - Position held on specific week - Week - Date (DDMMYYYY) - Title - Arist - Label

01 . 51'912 . 1 . 49 / 2015 05.12.2015 . I'm Comin' Over . Chris Young . RCA Nashville
02 . 51'609 . 1 . 42 / 2015 17.10.2015 . Save It For A Rainy Day . Kenny Chesney . Blue Chair | Columbia Nashville
03 . 50'877 . 1 . 41 / 2015 10.10.2015 . Save It For A Rainy Day . Kenny Chesney . Blue Chair | Columbia Nashville
04 . 50'813 . 2 . 41 / 2015 10.10.2015 . John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16 . Keith Urban . Hit Red | Capitol Nashville
05 . 50'508 . 1 . 50 / 2015 12.12.2015 . I'm Comin' Over . Chris Young . RCA Nashville
06 . 50'231 . 2 . 49 / 2015 05.12.2015 . Smoke Break . Carrie Underwood . 19 | Arista Nashville
07 . 50'163 . 1 . 31 / 2015 01.08.2015 . Tonight Looks Good On You . Jason Aldean . Broken Bow
08 . 49'866 . 1 . 06 / 2015 07.02.2015 . Talladega . Eric Church . EMI Nashville
09 . 49'650 . 1 . 29 / 2015 18.07.2015 . Sangria . Blake Shelton . Warner Bros. | WMN
10 . 49'448 . 1 . 52 / 2015 26.12.2015 . Gonna . Blake Shelton . Warner Bros. | WMN
11 . 49'420 . 1 . 47 / 2015 21.11.2015 . Break Up With Him . Old Dominion . RCA Nashville
12 . 49'235 . 1 . 05 / 2015 31.01.2015 . Til It's Gone . Kenny Chesney . Blue Chair | Columbia Nashville
13 . 49'087 . 1 . 48 / 2015 28.11.2015 . I'm Comin' Over . Chris Young . RCA Nashville
14 . 48'976 . 1 . 46 / 2015 14.11.2015 . Break Up With Him . Old Dominion . RCA Nashville
15 . 48'953 . 1 . 34 / 2015 22.08.2015 . Kiss You In The Morning . Michael Ray . Atlantic | WEA
16 . 48'913 . 2 . 48 / 2015 28.11.2015 . Let Me See Ya Girl . Cole Swindell . Warner Bros. | WMN
17 . 48'906 . 2 . 06 / 2015 07.02.2015 . I See You . Luke Bryan . Capitol Nashville
18 . 48'309 . 1 . 32 / 2015 08.08.2015 . One Hell Of An Amen . Brantley Gilbert . Valory
19 . 48'301 . 1 . 30 / 2015 25.07.2015 . Love You Like That . Canaan Smith . Mercury
20 . 48'293 . 1 . 36 / 2015 05.09.2015 . Young & Crazy . Frankie Ballard . Warner Bros. | WAR
21 . 48'290 . 1 . 07 / 2015 14.02.2015 . I See You . Luke Bryan . Capitol Nashville
22 . 48'278 . 1 . 43 / 2015 24.10.2015 . Lose My Mind . Brett Eldredge . Atlantic | WMN
23 . 48'265 . 2 . 30 / 2015 25.07.2015 . Tonight Looks Good On You . Jason Aldean . Broken Bow
24 . 48'236 . 1 . 38 / 2015 19.09.2015 . Hell Of A Night . Dustin Lynch . Broken Bow
25 . 48'175 . 1 . 44 / 2015 31.10.2015 . Strip It Down . Luke Bryan . Capitol Nashville
26 . 48'160 . 1 . 04 / 2015 24.01.2015 . Perfect Storm . Brad Paisley . Arista Nashville
27 . 48'132 . 2 . 32 / 2015 08.08.2015 . Tonight Looks Good On You . Jason Aldean . Broken Bow
28 . 48'129 . 2 . 05 / 2015 31.01.2015 . Talladega . Eric Church . EMI Nashville
29 . 48'126 . 1 . 01 / 2015 03.01.2015 . Shotgun Rider (2014) . Tim McGraw . McGraw | Big Machine
30 . 48'123 . 1 . 51 / 2015 19.12.2015 . Nothin' Like You . Dan + Shay . Warner Bros. | WAR
31 . 48'122 . 2 . 51 / 2015 19.12.2015 . Gonna . Blake Shelton . Warner Bros. | WMN
32 . 48'070 . 1 . 40 / 2015 03.10.2015 . Save It For A Rainy Day . Kenny Chesney . Blue Chair | Columbia Nashville
33 . 48'061 . 1 . 33 / 2015 15.08.2015 . Kick The Dust Up . Luke Bryan . Capitol Nashville
34 . 47'894 . 1 . 08 / 2015 21.02.2015 . I See You . Luke Bryan . Capitol Nashville
35 . 47'799 . 2 . 47 / 2015 21.11.2015 . Let Me See Ya Girl . Cole Swindell . Warner Bros. | WMN
36 . 47'730 . 1 . 35 / 2015 29.08.2015 . Loving You Easy . Zac Brown Band . Varvatos/Republic | Southern Ground
37 . 47'725 . 2 . 04 / 2015 24.01.2015 . Til It's Gone . Kenny Chesney . Blue Chair | Columbia Nashville
38 . 47'678 . 2 . 42 / 2015 17.10.2015 . Lose My Mind . Brett Eldredge . Atlantic | WMN
39 . 47'324 . 2 . 40 / 2015 03.10.2015 . John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16 . Keith Urban . Hit Red | Capitol Nashville
40 . 47'318 . 1 . 37 / 2015 12.09.2015 . House Party . Sam Hunt . MCA Nashville
41 . 47'271 . 2 . 46 / 2015 14.11.2015 . Let Me See Ya Girl . Cole Swindell . Warner Bros. | WMN
42 . 47'240 . 2 . 37 / 2015 12.09.2015 . Hell Of A Night . Dustin Lynch . Broken Bow
43 . 47'168 . 1 . 39 / 2015 26.09.2015 . Crash And Burn . Thomas Rhett . Valory
44 . 47'067 . 1 . 27 / 2015 04.07.2015 . Love Me Like You Mean It . Kelsea Ballerini . Black River
45 . 46'924 . 1 . 28 / 2015 11.07.2015 . Sangria . Blake Shelton . Warner Bros. | WMN
46 . 46'874 . 3 . 06 / 2015 07.02.2015 . Something In The Water . Carrie Underwood . 19 | Arista Nashville
47 . 46'842 . 3 . 40 / 2015 03.10.2015 . Buy Me A Boat . Chris Janson . Chris Janson // Warner Bros. | WAR
48 . 46'770 . 3 . 48 / 2015 28.11.2015 . Smoke Break . Carrie Underwood . 19 | Arista Nashville
49 . 46'769 . 2 . 50 / 2015 12.12.2015 . Gonna . Blake Shelton . Warner Bros. | WMN
50 . 46'745 . 1 . 24 / 2015 13.06.2015 . Smoke . A Thousand Horses . Republic Nashville
51 . 46'685 . 1 . 03 / 2015 17.01.2015 . Perfect Storm . Brad Paisley . Arista Nashville
52 . 46'670 . 1 . 45 / 2015 07.11.2015 . Strip It Down . Luke Bryan . Capitol Nashville
53 . 46'600 . 3 . 47 / 2015 21.11.2015 . I'm Comin' Over . Chris Young . RCA Nashville
54 . 46'597 . 3 . 46 / 2015 14.11.2015 . Anything Goes . Florida Georgia Line . Republic Nashville
55 . 46'539 . 2 . 33 / 2015 15.08.2015 . Kiss You In The Morning . Michael Ray . Atlantic | WEA
56 . 46'507 . 3 . 05 / 2015 31.01.2015 . I See You . Luke Bryan . Capitol Nashville
57 . 46'480 . 2 . 36 / 2015 05.09.2015 . House Party . Sam Hunt . MCA Nashville
58 . 46'455 . 2 . 43 / 2015 24.10.2015 . Strip It Down . Luke Bryan . Capitol Nashville
59 . 46'412 . 2 . 03 / 2015 17.01.2015 . Shotgun Rider (2014) . Tim McGraw . McGraw | Big Machine
60 . 46'400 . 2 . 38 / 2015 19.09.2015 . Crash And Burn . Thomas Rhett . Valory
61 . 46'354 . 1 . 25 / 2015 20.06.2015 . Sippin' On Fire . Florida Georgia Line . Republic Nashville
62 . 46'105 . 2 . 07 / 2015 14.02.2015 . Talladega . Eric Church . EMI Nashville
63 . 46'045 . 2 . 35 / 2015 29.08.2015 . Young & Crazy . Frankie Ballard . Warner Bros. | WAR
64 . 45'983 . 1 . 21 / 2015 23.05.2015 . Raise 'Em Up . Keith Urban Featuring Eric Church . Hit Red | Capitol Nashville
65 . 45'928 . 2 . 29 / 2015 18.07.2015 . Tonight Looks Good On You . Jason Aldean . Broken Bow
66 . 45'922 . 3 . 41 / 2015 10.10.2015 . Lose My Mind . Brett Eldredge . Atlantic | WMN
67 . 45'805 . 2 . 01 / 2015 03.01.2015 . Perfect Storm . Brad Paisley . Arista Nashville
68 . 45'677 . 3 . 30 / 2015 25.07.2015 . Sangria . Blake Shelton . Warner Bros. | WMN
69 . 45'608 . 1 . 22 / 2015 30.05.2015 . A Guy Walks Into A Bar . Tyler Farr . Columbia Nashville
70 . 45'559 . 1 . 23 / 2015 06.06.2015 . Don't It . Billy Currington . Mercury
71 . 45'517 . 2 . 28 / 2015 11.07.2015 . Little Toy Guns . Carrie Underwood . 19 | Arista Nashville
72 . 45'502 . 3 . 49 / 2015 05.12.2015 . Gonna . Blake Shelton . Warner Bros. | WMN
73 . 45'489 . 3 . 04 / 2015 24.01.2015 . Talladega . Eric Church . EMI Nashville
74 . 45'438 . 2 . 45 / 2015 07.11.2015 . Break Up With Him . Old Dominion . RCA Nashville
75 . 45'320 . 4 . 49 / 2015 05.12.2015 . Nothin' Like You . Dan + Shay . Warner Bros. | WAR
76 . 45'269 . 2 . 34 / 2015 22.08.2015 . Loving You Easy . Zac Brown Band . Varvatos/Republic | Southern Ground
77 . 45'137 . 3 . 03 / 2015 17.01.2015 . Til It's Gone . Kenny Chesney . Blue Chair | Columbia Nashville
78 . 45'110 . 3 . 37 / 2015 12.09.2015 . Crash And Burn . Thomas Rhett . Valory
79 . 45'071 . 3 . 45 / 2015 07.11.2015 . Anything Goes . Florida Georgia Line . Republic Nashville
80 . 44'999 . 2 . 31 / 2015 01.08.2015 . One Hell Of An Amen . Brantley Gilbert . Valory
81 . 44'991 . 1 . 11 / 2015 14.03.2015 . Lonely Tonight . Blake Shelton Featuring Ashley Monroe . Warner Bros. | WMN
82 . 44'973 . 3 . 50 / 2015 12.12.2015 . Nothin' Like You . Dan + Shay . Warner Bros. | WAR
83 . 44'968 . 1 . 17 / 2015 25.04.2015 . Homegrown . Zac Brown Band . Varvatos/Republic | Southern Ground
84 . 44'799 . 1 . 13 / 2015 28.03.2015 . Mean To Me . Brett Eldredge . Atlantic | WMN
85 . 44'798 . 2 . 27 / 2015 04.07.2015 . Sangria . Blake Shelton . Warner Bros. | WMN
86 . 44'730 . 2 . 39 / 2015 26.09.2015 . John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16 . Keith Urban . Hit Red | Capitol Nashville
87 . 44'725 . 1 . 16 / 2015 18.04.2015 . Homegrown . Zac Brown Band . Varvatos/Republic | Southern Ground
88 . 44'717 . 4 . 47 / 2015 21.11.2015 . Smoke Break . Carrie Underwood . 19 | Arista Nashville
89 . 44'690 . 3 . 39 / 2015 26.09.2015 . Buy Me A Boat . Chris Janson . Chris Janson // Warner Bros. | WAR
90 . 44'680 . 4 . 40 / 2015 03.10.2015 . Lose My Mind . Brett Eldredge . Atlantic | WMN
91 . 44'665 . 3 . 31 / 2015 01.08.2015 . Girl Crush . Little Big Town . Capitol Nashville
92 . 44'627 . 1 . 10 / 2015 07.03.2015 . Make Me Wanna . Thomas Rhett . Valory
93 . 44'529 . 1 . 09 / 2015 28.02.2015 . Sun Daze . Florida Georgia Line . Republic Nashville
94 . 44'517 . 3 . 43 / 2015 24.10.2015 . Save It For A Rainy Day . Kenny Chesney . Blue Chair | Columbia Nashville
95 . 44'497 . 4 . 05 / 2015 31.01.2015 . Something In The Water . Carrie Underwood . 19 | Arista Nashville
96 . 44'470 . 3 . 36 / 2015 05.09.2015 . Hell Of A Night . Dustin Lynch . Broken Bow
97 . 44'453 . 4 . 45 / 2015 07.11.2015 . Let Me See Ya Girl . Cole Swindell . Warner Bros. | WMN
98 . 44'392 . 3 . 42 / 2015 17.10.2015 . Strip It Down . Luke Bryan . Capitol Nashville
99 . 44'329 . 3 . 32 / 2015 08.08.2015 . Kiss You In The Morning . Michael Ray . Atlantic | WEA
1X . 44'249 . 2 . 22 / 2015 30.05.2015 . Don't It . Billy Currington . Mercury

#2 broke last year's record and #1 set the new all-time record

Lowest frames for a #1 song:
#104 - 44'035 - 14 / 2015 04.04.2015 - Ain't Worth The Whiskey - Cole Swindell
#119 - 43'398 - 26 / 2015 27.06.2015 - Wild Child - Kenny Chesney With Grace Potter
#122 - 43'305 - 20 / 2015 16.05.2015 - Say You Do - Dierks Bentley
#123 - 43'274 - 19 / 2015 09.05.2015 - Say You Do - Dierks Bentley
#125 - 43'238 - 12 / 2015 21.03.2015 - Just Gettin' Started - Jason Aldean
#132 - 42'943 - 18 / 2015 02.05.2015 - Take Your Time - Sam Hunt
#141 - 42'270 - 15 / 2015 11.04.2015 - Homegrown - Zac Brown Band
#190 - 40'610 - 02 / 2015 10.01.2015 - Shotgun Rider (2014) - Tim McGraw

Best frame for a recurrent song:
#408 - 32'446 - 29 / 2015 18.07.2015 - Love Me Like You Mean It - Kelsea Ballerini

More than >20M Audience Impressions were registered 945 times:
>50M was reached 7 times
>40M was achieved 201 times
>30M was totalled 276 times
>20M was accomplished 461 times

[onebuffalo]

Excellent research, trebor!

[trebor]

Billboard Hot Country Songs™ - Market Share Billboard Hot 100™
January 3, 2015 - December 26, 2015


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Table shows the amount of Country titles in the Billboard 100™ throughout 2015
Country in the Hot 100™ was outperforming throughout the year but is trending lower going into 2016
Best performance with 29% share: July 25, 2015 & August 8, 2015
Weakest week with 15% share: December 5, 2015

Projected U.S. market share for Country in 2015:
Albums: ~12.2%
Tracks: ~11.7%

[bksouthga]

Dec 17, 2015 15:09:14 GMT -5 onebuffalo said:

Excellent research, trebor!

Yes, this is great stuff. I took it one step further and summed up the AIs for just these top 100, and if that means anything, and I think it does, as all of these were Top 5 or better appearances, you would be hard pressed to convince me that the top 10 songs of the year were anything other than:

1. I'm Comin' Over - Chris Young
2. Save It For a Rainy Day - Kenny Chesney
3. Tonight Looks Good On You - Jason Aldean
4. I See You - Luke Bryan
5. Gonna - Blake Shelton
6. Talladega - Eric Church
7. Let Me See Ya Girl - Cole Swindell
8. Sangria - Blake Shelton
9. Lose My Mind - Brett Eldredge
10. Strip It Down - Luke Bryan

This list passes the gut check test for me as far as my memories of the year go. That captures the times when these songs were just killing it on the chart. I'm not sure of the exact order but these songs were all pretty huge. What do y'all think?